Some women allege molestation at year end party at Orchard R
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SINGAPORE : The New Year's Eve party along Orchard Road has turned into a nightmare for some female partygoers who have turned to blogs to say they were molested by men who operated in groups.
The women say the molesters used party foam sprays to temporarily blind their victims first.
Police say they received 11 reports of molest alleging the acts took place along Orchard Road that night.
Since then, the police have made eight arrests and confirmed that some used such tactics.
"The first guy sprayed foam spray into my eyes so I was blinded. I was coughing because I sucked the foam in as well. I was so shocked when a second guy grabbed my left breast and a third guy grabbed my right breast," said one victim, an undergraduate.
"A fourth guy actually reached down to my privates and grabbed it as well. It was so horrible and I wanted to cry. But I didn't want them to see I was going to cry so I just screamed and cursed at one of the guys who I saw was running away," she said.
Another victim says foam sprays were used on her as well.
One type of spray used by the molesters, called a ribbon or string spray, can target victims several metres away, catching them by surprise.
Outraged bloggers have started an online petition to ask for aerosol sprays to be banned.
But not all molesters use sprays to outrage their victims' modesty.
"One of them just came up and lifted my skirt. Then another person, I assume it's his friend, uses his handphone to take a video of me under my skirt. I was terrified. I tried to run away but it was a big group. There were 7 or 8 of them so I couldn't do anything about it," said another victim.
She said at least 10 of her girlfriends were similarly violated but most did not make a police report.
"Even if I were to see the same group of men, I wouldn't recognise them," said a third victim.
Fellow bloggers who were molested at the Millenium party five years ago are telling their stories because they hope something can be done.
All three victims are alleging that their attackers are foreign nationals.
Police say they have received reports against suspects of various races.
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Don't ban aerosol spray cans, ban such events.
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anyone? THis year's countdowns lets go in grops and bring some weapons..
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Ban aerosol sprays for guys but allow scissors for girls!
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Yeah, heard about these cases. Honestly there is not much the police can do.
What girls can do when going to large parties like this is to really stay with friends u know. Friends who can protect you.
Do not dress in such a way where ppl can take advantage of you, and really stick close to ur friends.
It is sad that there are people like that, spoiling the festive mood. These people should be charged and prosecuted to the full extent of the law, bullying and assaulting girls like that. -
Not your taiji why go interfere?Originally posted by FBI:anyone? THis year's countdowns lets go in grops and bring some weapons..
You bash 1 foreign "labour" worker , another 10 come.
Bash 10 foreign "labour" worker , another 100 come.
Really got alot of them in Singapore. -
don't ban lah so dumb like the chewing gum like that small, isolated incidents ban...
the government linked companies fail so many times never ban them...... -
i tink there was a similar thread somewhere here as well rite?
it happened 2 my gal frens a few yrs back... kana groped by blangas... in e end kana clobbered by e guys... aft dat we neva go 2 such events liao... -
better to go in big group of friends la..
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tts why i was at home jaga-ing forums.........
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wah. why must say this as last line some more.Originally posted by sgboy:Police say they have received reports against suspects of various races.
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If you want to party go to places where they can't go. Clubs , social events...
People purposely got "pump up the bhangra" next door , you all go li siao..
of course tio -
did anyone watched ch 8 news just now? that woman (victim) sound like a old lady, dunno whether she is chiobu or not?
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To prevent racism against a race , so must say it's done by various racesOriginally posted by sinicker:wah. why must say this as last line some more.
Thats a smart tactic
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then Sgforums organised a event police lor.. we go out in hundreds then everytime someone tio molest we will go help and hoot the shit out of those ah neh... police come also cannot do anything... by the time they reach us we all disappear already..... on bo?Originally posted by SMAPLionHeart:Not your taiji why go interfere?
You bash 1 foreign "labour" worker , another 10 come.
Bash 10 foreign "labour" worker , another 100 come.
Really got alot of them in Singapore.
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Becos we have a tendency to rule out jus our fellow bangldeshi workers?Originally posted by sinicker:wah. why must say this as last line some more. -
not 2 sound racist but those $%^& blangas c br$%^& go crazy liao...Originally posted by 798:did anyone watched ch 8 news just now? that woman (victim) sound like a old lady, dunno whether she is chiobu or not? -
Ban all guys
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What matters most is not whether she is chio or not , but whether the criminal is caught or notOriginally posted by 798:did anyone watched ch 8 news just now? that woman (victim) sound like a old lady, dunno whether she is chiobu or not? -
Erm, they are not "MY FELLOW BANGLADESHI" workers.... I don't work with them...Originally posted by nullifi3d:Becos we have a tendency to rule out jus our fellow bangldeshi workers? -
Hmm...
think the best way is that the girl must stay with their male friends..
and when the crowd is moving, stay out of the crowd where people push and push..
molesting is one thing... snatch thief or pickpocketing can happen too.
and we should urge the authories to ban the sales of spray foam at the count down site to minimize the spraying....
I saw a gal waiting for taxi and one of the guy walk past and spray at her face.. thank god she scold him to attract attention.. then the guy walk away..
If she my gf, i might end up in fight... hahaha
you see how easy fighting will occur then police case liao..
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so wat if e criminal is cot... u catch tis another will spring up... need 2 solve e prob 4 long term... dun tell me aft every event catch a few pple who molested others (of course presuming dat such tinks happen everytime lah)
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then pple will label you as ah beng and post a anti-beng thread in sgf.Originally posted by nightyoung:Hmm...
think the best way is that the girl must stay with their male friends..
and when the crowd is moving, stay out of the crowd where people push and push..
molesting is one thing... snatch thief or pickpocketing can happen too.
and we should urge the authories to ban the sales of spray foam at the count down site to minimize the spraying....
I saw a gal waiting for taxi and one of the guy walk past and spray at her face.. thank god she scold him to attract attention.. then the guy walk away..
If she my gf, i might end up in fight... hahaha
you see how easy fighting will occur then police case liao.. -
Next event is countdown at chinatown during CNY.
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Fighting isn't that crucial , but picking the correct opponent is crucial
Lest you be like Stephen Chow and pick seemingly weak opponents for a fight , then you are done for